Dear Mathematica experts:
is there a possibility to implement a constraint in NDSolve?
Suppose I want to solve
NDSolve[{x'[t] == -y[t] - x[t]^2, y'[t] == 2 x[t] - y[t]^3, x[0] == y[0]
== 1}, {x, y}, {t, 20}]
But I want that the solutions satisfied the inequality x[t]>0 for every t
(because it represent a physical quantity that has no meaning to be
negative), i.e., and when it becomes =0 it has to stay zero. I've tried
something like
x[t_]:=If[x[t]>0,x[t],0]
in the definition of x or y but it does not make sense. Somehow, I'd need to
change the solution of the system when the solution itself become negative.
ThankX for the help, :-)
Best regards
Stefano Pasetto